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The tweet supposedly by Crowder was in response to someone who wanted to buy his jersey but couldn't.

It said something to the effect, be patient, something will happen soon.
I can honestly say I have never seen anyone walk around in a Jae Crowder jersey. I have nothing against him. I wish he was playing for us. Just never seen a fan with one.
 
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I can honestly say I have never seen anyone walk around in a Jae Crowder jersey. I have nothing against him. I wish he was playing for us. Just never seen a fan with one.

The same here. He has bounced around a lot, with three seasons in Boston his longest stay.
 

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I can honestly say I have never seen anyone walk around in a Jae Crowder jersey. I have nothing against him. I wish he was playing for us. Just never seen a fan with one.
The same here. He has bounced around a lot, with three seasons in Boston his longest stay.

I think Jae is being a big ol' B in this entire affair, that said, a #99 jersey is no an uncommon sight in the arena. He is by no means the a best seller, but last season you didn't need to look hard to find his rags.

But it is hard to imagine anyone who follows the team complaining or being surprised that his jersey isn't at the team shop.
 

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Who would you take as a better defender, Mikal Bridges or Shawn Marion?

Marion's defense was incredibly overrated here in Phoenix. He was virtually the only guy who played defense on the SSOL squads so he'd get hyped up for his contributions but he isn't in Mikal's league. I wouldn't even say Marion was the best defender of the SSOL Suns either, Raja was a better one on one defender.
 
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I think Jae is being a big ol' B in this entire affair, that said, a #99 jersey is no an uncommon sight in the arena. He is by no means the a best seller, but last season you didn't need to look hard to find his rags.

But it is hard to imagine anyone who follows the team complaining or being surprised that his jersey isn't at the team shop.

I'm sure there must be people that buy and wear his jersey, but I haven't seen them.

What I have seen is some people wearing a shirt with his name on it in New Orleans.
 

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Yesterday, the suns got some love on espn. Book and how the suns are being overlooked this year, and are rolling once again despite the Sarver and Ayton drama.

I hope this isn't another year where we stack up wins and fail early in the playoffs. I hope we play teams at full strength to truly gauge where we are, last year seems we didn't see this much imo.
 

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Agreed. Marion was a much better rebounder but even if you factor in Shawn's advantage on the defensive boards, Bridges is still the superior defender. IMO Bridges is probably the best defender we've had although I could make a good case for Cliff Robinson too.
 

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Marion's defense was incredibly overrated here in Phoenix. He was virtually the only guy who played defense on the SSOL squads so he'd get hyped up for his contributions but he isn't in Mikal's league. I wouldn't even say Marion was the best defender of the SSOL Suns either, Raja was a better one on one defender.

Remember when Sam Cassell almost beat us in the playoffs, even with Marion on him. That wasn't a prime Cassell either.

Bridges overall on both ends of the court. Marion has Bridges in the rebound department, some say rebounding is defense.
 

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Taken quite literally, that's a statement of some impact. "We've had"--are you saying Mikal Bridges is the best defender in Suns history, followed by possibly Cliff Robinson?
Close. I believe Mikal is the best defender we've ever had but the only one I might put above him is Cliff. Certainly if we'd had Cliffy for his whole career, I'd say Mikal is gaining on him but still trailing.

Raja Bell was a very good defender but he didn't have the flexibility of Bridges and if he had to defend under today's rules he'd be greatly hampered (no more hand checking, bumping, redirecting etc.). Put him on a wing and maybe he guards him better one on one than Mikal but Bridges excels at team defense and once beaten, recovers better than anyone I can think of.
 

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Close. I believe Mikal is the best defender we've ever had but the only one I might put above him is Cliff. Certainly if we'd had Cliffy for his whole career, I'd say Mikal is gaining on him but still trailing.

Raja Bell was a very good defender but he didn't have the flexibility of Bridges and if he had to defend under today's rules he'd be greatly hampered (no more hand checking, bumping, redirecting etc.). Put him on a wing and maybe he guards him better one on one than Mikal but Bridges excels at team defense and once beaten, recovers better than anyone I can think of.
Man uncle cliffy on this current squad would be perfect.
 

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